Help with Research
Research Primary Source Documents Full Text Literature
Literary Analysis Writing the Paper Citation Machines
Help with Research
McHenry High School Library Media Center - Research Guide.
McHenry County College Library – Information Literacy Tutorial.
MCC Library – Cool Research Tools.
Primary Source Documents
ALA - Using Primary Sources on the Web - finding, evaluating, and citing primary sources.
Full Text Literature
Absolute Shakespeare - Shakespeare's plays, sonnets, poems, quotes, biography and the legendary Globe Theatre.
Bartleby - free full-text classics.
Bookwolf - offers full chapter summaries and interpretations of popular books.
JiffyNotes -
study guides that focus on literary analysis and educational supplements to better understand classic and contemporary Literature.
Literary Analysis
Internet Public Library IPL2 Literary Criticism - contains critical and biographical websites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, by title, or by nationality and literary period.
Internet Public Library - Online Literary Criticism Guide.
Writing the Paper
Purdue OWL – online writing lab -
writing resources and instructional material and information to assist with many writing projects.
Citation Machines
KnightCite - MLA, APA, & Chicago Style; all formats.
LandMarks Son of Citation Machine - MLA, APA, Turabian, & Chicago Style; all formats.
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